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Yatsugatake Beer & Brewpub ROCK
Yatsugatake Beer and their brewpub, named simply “ROCK,” are nestled near the foot of the mountain area known as Yatsugatake, in ...
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Daisen G-Beer
Daisen G-Beer may be one of the most remote breweries in Japan, but there is nothing remote about the familiar flavors of the...
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Echigo Beer
Where Craft Beer in Japan First Began The new brewpub for Echigo Beer was quite a sight when it opened in December...
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Moku Moku Beer
The inception of beer was a result of the advent of agriculture, the organized human activity that puts food on our collective ta...
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Kumano Beer
From the ‘Land of Sky Blue Waters... A place as natural and remote as Kumano, straddling the border between Wakayama and Mie pref...
Craft Beer
Myoko Kogen Beer
There are so many local breweries in Japan with the name “kogen” (mountain heights) in them (off hand, I can think of at least si...
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What is Oktoberfest?
Likely, Oktoberfest was the world’s first officially sanctioned beer bust, originating from the German custom of finishing the la...
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Donryu Dream
Gunma seems to be a prefecture of surprises. Hardly the most famous of tourist destinations, it pretty much resigns itself to...